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It cannot be said enough: the one they call Jay Reatard is a man of many songs. The manic Memphis punker-- just weeks from the release of the third in his series of six Matador 7"s-- has been responsible for quite a few small-batch vinyl recordings over his storied career, most of which currently reside in that crappiest of all record stores: eBay.

So the folks at In the Red Records have gathered 17 Jay cuts from out-of-print 2006-2007 singles, stuck 'em on a CD, and called it Singles 06-07. The tracks on Singles find Jay at his most self-reliant, as the dude himself recorded, mixed, and mastered each tune. What's more, save for a little guitar thrown on "All Wasted" by Jay's one-time Angry Angles bandmate Alix Brown, Jay contributed all the sounds you'll hear on the disc. You might recognize a few tracks here from Jay's barnburning Blood Visions LP, but, dammit, they were on 7"s first, one and all.

The CD will be packaged along with a DVD that features four Jay Reatard shows, committed to tape in Philly, Vegas, New York, and the Netherlands. (Note: That New York show might look familiar.)

The whole thing is due June 17.

Other Jay Reatard releases in the pipeline include a compilation of those Matador singles, due in September, and the guy's full-length Matador debut, due in 2009.

Jay, meanwhile, is due in Norway July 6 for the semi-official kickoff to his summer tour plans. Plans, of course, which include a stop off at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago on July 19.

Singles 06-07:

01 Night of Broken Glass
02 Another Person
03 All Over Again
04 Feeling Blank Again
05 I Know a Place
06 Don't Let Him Come Back
07 Hammer I Miss You
08 It's So Useless
09 All Wasted
10 In the Dark
11 Searching for You
12 Haunting You
13 Let It All Go
14 Blood Visions
15 Turning Blue
16 It's So Easy
17 Oh It's Such a Shame

Jay:

07-06 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-13 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
07-14 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
07-15 Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Park Bandshell *^
07-16 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theater
07-17 Providence, RI - Lupo's *
07-19 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) !
07-21 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock %
07-22 Fargo, ND - The Aquarium %
07-25 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
07-26 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom #
07-27 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge %
07-29 San Francisco, CA - The Independent %
07-30 Los Angeles, CA - Echo %
07-31 San Diego, CA - Casbah %
08-01 Mesa, AZ - Hollywood Alley %
08-03 Austin, TX - Red 7 %
08-04 Dallas, TX - Club Dada %

* with Spoon
^ with Constantines
! with Animal Collective, Jarvis Cocker, the Hold Steady, !!!, Vampire Weekend, Dizzee Rascal, Fleet Foxes, Caribou, Jay Reatard, Titus Andronicus, No Age, Atlas Sound, Extra Golden, Fuck Buttons, Elf Power, the Ruby Suns, Icy Demons, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
# with Les Savy Fav
% with Cheap Time